After Zhu Zhan told Li Dai about this matter, Li Dai indeed stepped out without any hesitation. As for Lei Liushang, he was still in secluded meditation recuperating, so Li Dai did not disturb him with this news.
The two of them arrived at the execution grounds where the fire punishment was to take place. The area was already packed with people, surrounded three layers deep by curious onlookers. In the elevated central position sat a young man draped in a dragon robe, with phoenix eyes and starry brows. Viewed from afar, he possessed a commanding aura of supreme authority. Seeing that man, Zhu Zhan's body stiffened—without needing to guess, that had to be His Majesty the Emperor.
Seated on both sides of the emperor were officials. The most eye-catching among them was a thin, white-robed young man. For such a young man to occupy the seat closest to the emperor made it hard not to notice him. Furthermore, compared to those senile, fifty-plus-year-old officials, he was far too young. Combined with his position near the emperor, his official rank was obviously very high, and his youth gave him the appearance of a crane standing among chickens.
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